Comedian Beth Stelling got very personal on her Instagram Monday, where she detailed her experience being raped and abused by her ex-boyfriend.

Stelling, who began to rise as a comedian this year with a stand-up record, Simply the Beth, and a Comedy Central Half Hour special, posted photos of her legs and arm covered in bruises and a lengthy note where she explained the abusive relationship she was in with her now ex, who she did not name.

"When I broke up with my ex this summer, it wasn't because I didn't love him, it was because of this," she wrote. "It's embarrassing. I feel stupid. After being verbally, physically abused and raped, I dated him for two more months. It's not simple."

She explained that she was opening up now because she simply couldn't keep these experiences to herself any longer. "I wanted to move on and forget because I didn’t understand," she wrote. "I don't want revenge or to hurt him now, but it's unhealthy to keep this inside because my stand-up is pulled directly from my life. It's how I make my living. My personal is my professional. That is how I've always been; I make dark, funny."

"I don't have all the answers. I'm doing my best to work through this," she wrote in her closing paragraph. "There are more stories out there from men and women and they don't all involve getting raped by a stranger in an alley. Many are crapes (the coziest kind) in the comfort of your own bed."

You can read Stelling's entire essay in the two Instagram posts below: